The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
5:13 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -271
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.68° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.03° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.