The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 2073
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
9:34 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1858
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.12° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.11° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.