The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
2:16 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1337
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.89° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.75° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.