The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
4:29 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 27.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.01° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.46° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.