The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 1950
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
8:13 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 136.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.10° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.95° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.