The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
2:46 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -73
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 | 109.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 24.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.82° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.23° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.