The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
6:51 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1586
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 334.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -2.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.28° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.65° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.