The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1950
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
10:19 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.11° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.58° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.