The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
5:45 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 22.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.79° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.33° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.