The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
4:00 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 129.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 41.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.05° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.