The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
2:51 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 55.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.06° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.50° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.58° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.