The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:16 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 40.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.73° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.23° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| 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.