The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 2068
Last Quarter
51.2% 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
2:31 AM
12:22 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1796
Events on this date
-
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 | 268.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.61° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.87° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.74° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| 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.