The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 2003
Waning Crescent
0.8% 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
7:31 AM
4:58 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 990
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 | 350.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 176.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -23.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.36° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.29° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.