The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1992
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
11:49 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 856
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.89° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.22° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.