The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
1:47 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 162
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.97° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.59° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.