The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 1998
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
10:07 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 46.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 114.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.58° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.92° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.