The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 1950
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
11:19 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 2.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.40° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.