The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 1922
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
5:19 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -10
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 193.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -3.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.28° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.24° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| 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.