The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 1950
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
8:33 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.27° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.54° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.