The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1960
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
6:23 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 460
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 | 352.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 175.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.63° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.87° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.