The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 2155
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 AM
12:27 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2872
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 227.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.48° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.85° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| 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.