The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 1997
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
7:47 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 208.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.30° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.63° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.