The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
2:39 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 298
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 | 112.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.04° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.16° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.