The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
3:47 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 44.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.22° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.14° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.