The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
8:38 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1028
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 29.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 132.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -9.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.62° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.58° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.