The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 1928
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 65
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 | 66.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 22.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.64° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.47° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.