The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1950
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.85° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.69° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.