The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
6:34 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 646
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / -2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.40° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.66° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.