The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 1936
Last Quarter
46.5% 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
2:05 AM
11:25 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -24.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.08° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.47° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.80° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.