The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 1993
Waxing Crescent
10.5% 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
7:46 AM
10:26 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 869
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 | 37.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 106.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.67° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.91° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.