The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
3:43 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 238
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 | 108.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.82° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.63° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| 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.