The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2037
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
7:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1411
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 7:21 AM, is deepest at 9:00 AM and ends at 10:39 AM. Totality lasts from 8:27 AM to 9:32 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 345.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.89° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.21° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.