The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1900
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
7:01 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 156.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -10.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.63° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.72° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.