The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 2006
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
3:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 208.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.80° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.60° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.