The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 2144
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
12:55 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2736
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 236.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.46° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.58° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.