The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2036
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1400
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -13.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.20° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.46° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.