The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1959
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
7:33 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 448
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 304.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.31° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.01° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| 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.