The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 2047
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
8:22 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1537
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 7.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.87° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.34° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 181.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.