The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
6:41 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1116
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 | 170.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 337.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.84° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.