The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 1944
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
12:57 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 261
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 74.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.79° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.73° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.