The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2000
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
8:39 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.73° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.10° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.