The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
6:53 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 570
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 | 159.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 8.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 26.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.16° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.40° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.