The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% 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
2:15 PM
5:29 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 27.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 28.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.62° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.32° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.