The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 1950
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
1:01 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.74° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.75° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.