The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1984
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
4:31 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 755
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 | 345.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 182.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.89° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.47° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.