The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
5:13 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1549
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 | 135.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 10.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.52° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.44° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.