The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 2074
Waxing Crescent
19.5% 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
10:14 AM
10:25 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1869
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 | 52.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.86° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.