The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1950
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
9:39 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.23° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.85° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.