The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1936
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
5:17 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 195.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.99° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.80° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.