The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1966
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
11:35 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 535
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 | 51.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.96° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.05° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.