The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 2043
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
7:49 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1487
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 | 191.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 306.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.67° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.92° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.