The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2036
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
1:14 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1400
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 232.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.34° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.16° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.