The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
3:01 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 164
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.04° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.15° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.