The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 1919
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
5:53 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 171.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -14.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.54° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.09° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.