The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2050
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
6:42 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1572
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 159.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -12.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.05° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.36° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.5° |
| 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.