The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 1951
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
7:51 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 349
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 | 222.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.18° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.63° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.