The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
2:47 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 533
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 | 112.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.06° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.36° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.