The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
4:34 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3429
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 33.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 12.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.53° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.72° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.