The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1962
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
1:42 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 302.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.84° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.75° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.69° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.