The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2036
Waning Gibbous
70.1% 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
12:28 AM
11:03 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1400
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.91° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.63° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.