The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 2000
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
2:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.06° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.59° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.