The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 2088
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2044
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 87.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.80° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.59° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.