The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
3:27 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1128
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 | 304.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.47° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.43° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.