The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 1954
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
2:39 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 384
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 | 322.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 207.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.60° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.36° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.