The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
3:24 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 768
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.30° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.56° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.