The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1903
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
4:41 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -245
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -5.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.05° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.42° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.