The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 1933
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
7:41 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 154.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 7.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.19° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.26° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.