The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 1979
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
5:22 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 191.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.99° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.48° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.