The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 1903
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
9:00 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -246
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 | 33.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 127.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -3.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.42° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.77° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.