The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 2000
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
10:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -20.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.18° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.61° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.