The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 2025
Waxing Crescent
6.2% 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
9:06 AM
8:32 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1263
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 133.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.78° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.79° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.