The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1957
Waning Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
2:42 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 423
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 225.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -11.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.19° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.70° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.