The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
3:31 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2452
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 49.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.25° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.61° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| 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.