The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 1973
Last Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
10:56 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 621
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -24.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.83° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.43° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.