The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 1915
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
8:04 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -98
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 | 186.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 339.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.04° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.19° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.