The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 2015
Waxing Crescent
43.5% 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
12:05 PM
1:50 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1141
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 | 82.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.00° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.80° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.68° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| 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.