The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 1908
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
3:55 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -185
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 193.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.04° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.42° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.