The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1905
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
2:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -222
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 | 316.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 216.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.36° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.45° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.