The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
5:09 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 132.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 24.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 12.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.35° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.03° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.