The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
2:27 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1573
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 20.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.39° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.13° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.