The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2036
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
9:50 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1400
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.10° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.30° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.