The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 1971
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
11:54 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 595
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 | 65.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 10.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.54° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.08° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.