The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 1950
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
2:33 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 204.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -27.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.12° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.11° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.