The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
5:26 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 40
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.15° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.94° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.