The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 1927
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
3:57 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 50
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 | 337.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 192.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.43° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.23° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.