The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 1956
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
6:05 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 411
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 342.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.04° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.81° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 180.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.