[2] The distance to this star, as determined from an annual parallax shift of 19.06±0.29 mas,[1] is around 171 light years.
It is currently moving closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −21 km/s, and will come within 145 ly (44.58 pc) in about 685,000 years ago.
[4] This is an evolved G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G7IIIb Fe–1,[3] where the suffix notation indicates an underabundance of iron found in the spectrum.
At the age of 770 million years it has become a red clump giant, meaning it is generating energy through helium fusion at its core.
[9] Consequently, 36 Capricorni itself is represent the state Jin (晉)[10](or Tsin),[11] together with κ Herculis in Right Wall of Heavenly Market Enclosure (asterism)[12]