The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1963
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
8:26 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 138.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.43° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.18° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.