The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 1906
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
8:32 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -207
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 135.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.26° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.39° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.