The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
7:58 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 194.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 302.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -8.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.48° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.32° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.