The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1974
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
11:12 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 634
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 | 33.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.38° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.23° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.