The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2036
Waning Crescent
32.6% 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
3:59 AM
2:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1400
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 223.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.17° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.35° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.