The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2050
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
11:20 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -10.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.42° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.21° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| 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.