The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 14, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
2:50 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 21.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.06° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.30° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| 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.