The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1936
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
10:29 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.40° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.89° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.61° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.