The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1936
Waning Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
12:27 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 235.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -22.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.13° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.64° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.99° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.