The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1950
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
7:17 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 339.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.19° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.10° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.