The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 1926
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
9:21 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 38
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 | 210.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 10.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.46° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.57° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.