The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
4:29 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1648
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 | 116.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.78° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.03° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.