The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2050
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
5:27 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 176.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.78° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.45° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.