The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
1:20 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.74° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.91° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.