The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2000
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
8:08 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 301.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.06° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.94° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.