The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 1943
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 250
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 | 238.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.80° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.74° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.