The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1973
Waning Crescent
7.0% 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
5:53 AM
3:19 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 619
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 200.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.09° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.17° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.