The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1927
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
11:24 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.76° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.66° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.46° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.