The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1950
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.12° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.23° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.