The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1968
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
4:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 196.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -10.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.48° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.19° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.