The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
4:23 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 37.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.52° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.63° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.