The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1987
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
3:44 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 794
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 206.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.96° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.79° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.