The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 2159
First Quarter
49.3% 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
12:10 PM
2:45 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2922
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.88° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.19° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.