The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2000
Waning Crescent
25.5% 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
3:40 AM
1:46 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.77° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.38° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.