The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 1962
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 485
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 | 240.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 270.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.89° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.03° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.