The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1963
Waxing Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 496
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 | 81.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.43° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.41° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.