The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 1950
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
10:23 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 306.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.80° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.84° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.