The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 2098
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
1:43 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2167
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 217.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.27° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.80° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.