The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 2106
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
11:40 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2266
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 246.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.50° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.96° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.