The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 1986
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
6:49 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 187.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 332.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.56° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.23° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| 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.