The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 1950
Waning Crescent
3.5% 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
6:49 AM
3:34 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 191.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -28.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.20° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.30° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.