The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 2112
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
6:23 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2340
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 168.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.46° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.21° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.