The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1911
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
7:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -147
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 149.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.23° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.43° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.