The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
4:46 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 609
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 | 144.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 29.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.14° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.97° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| 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.