The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 2061
Waxing Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
1:06 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1710
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.82° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.74° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.