The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
7:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 358.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.39° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.