The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 1954
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
10:13 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 386
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.34° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.54° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.64° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.