The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
9:26 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.90° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.49° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.