The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 2177
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
4:25 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3144
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 200.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.55° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.76° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.