The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 1909
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -170
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 40m / 21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.43° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.10° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.27° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.