The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 1950
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
9:53 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.17° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.71° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.