The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
3:22 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 473
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.03° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.33° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.