The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 2011
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
3:42 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 332.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 197.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.23° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.61° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.