The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 2049
Last Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
12:28 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1561
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.88° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.93° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.