The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 1914
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
11:18 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -110
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.34° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.30° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.