The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
9:56 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1164
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.29° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.11° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.