The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
3:20 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 106.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.09° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.15° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.