The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 2000
Waning Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
1:55 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 953
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.11° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.14° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| 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.