The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 1970
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
11:47 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 283.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.97° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.22° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.04° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.