The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 1989
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
8:01 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 226.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -23.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.94° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.22° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.