The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 14, 1950
Waning Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
1:42 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 217.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -25.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.94° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.93° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.