The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1935
Waning Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
2:17 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 149
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 210.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -26.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.53° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.54° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.