The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
6:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -234
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 | 166.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 4.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.43° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.19° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.