The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2021
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
9:42 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1213
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 | 217.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 8.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.17° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.40° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.