The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 1924
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
10:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.77° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.60° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.