The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1985
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 770
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 | 56.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 88.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.47° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.24° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.