The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 26, 2001
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
8:34 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 968
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 | 19.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.0° / 135.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 5.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.28° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.57° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.