The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
3:54 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1277
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 45.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.23° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.25° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.