The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
4:19 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 844
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 | 134.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.43° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.32° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.