The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1981
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 720
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.48° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.82° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.