The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1968
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
8:05 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 558
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 | 24.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 138.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.86° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.19° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.