The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
2:43 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 572
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 | 97.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 27.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.22° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.95° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.