The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 1948
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
7:22 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 201.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.16° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.78° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.