The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
3:27 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 943
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 | 118.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.22° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.93° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.