The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 1953
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
8:26 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.20° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.75° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.