The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 2050
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1574
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.67° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.19° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.