The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2000
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
7:38 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 317.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -3.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.08° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.79° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.