The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1901
First Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
1:03 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -269
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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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 | 83.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.30° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.64° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.