The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 2011
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
12:29 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1091
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 235.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.56° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.33° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.