The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 2012
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1104
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
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Moon and Venus 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 | 44.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.81° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.60° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.