The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 1971
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
7:03 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 596
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 168.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 4.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.14° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.