The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
6:52 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2291
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.70° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.42° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.