The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1922
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
9:31 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -11
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 | 40.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.35° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.96° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.