The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 26, 2033
Waning Crescent
22.9% 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
4:28 AM
3:19 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1363
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 215.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -13.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.44° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.23° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.