The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
3:42 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.94° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.42° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.