The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1933
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 125
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.07° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.49° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.