The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 2020
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
10:05 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1203
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 112.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.19° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.27° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.