The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1906
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -209
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 | 81.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.11° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.65° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.