The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
6:20 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 10.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.58° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.18° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.