The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1936
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
2:48 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.61° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.50° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.38° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.