The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
6:24 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
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Venus 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 | 152.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 16.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 27.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.58° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.18° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.