The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:59 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 99
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 30.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.05° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.71° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| 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.