The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
11:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.42° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.71° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.