The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
6:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 236
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 | 172.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 357.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.34° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.