The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2000
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
7:08 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 334.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 1.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.78° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.63° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.