The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 2163
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
11:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2971
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.17° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.19° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.