The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 2009
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
8:13 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 142.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 6.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.75° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 156.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.