The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 1959
Last Quarter
51.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
11:38 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.1%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 446
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.93° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.60° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.