The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2000
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
2:07 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 954
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.88° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.15° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.