The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 2109
Waning Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
3:31 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2303
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.39° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.06° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.