The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1955
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
10:18 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 399
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.09° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.52° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.