The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
6:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 0.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.39° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.64° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.