The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1952
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
11:46 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 360
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 9.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.17° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.86° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.