The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1929
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 75
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 | 260.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.56° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.54° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.