The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% 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
1:14 PM
3:15 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1573
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.57° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.96° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| 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.