The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
1:44 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.15° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.72° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.