The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1931
Waxing Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
1:35 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 102
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 | 83.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 28.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.85° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.56° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.