The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Waning Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
12:39 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 992
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 | 290.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.74° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.48° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.