The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
4:35 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 374
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 | 138.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 34.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.08° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.74° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.