The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 1917
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
11:20 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -71
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.01° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.92° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.