The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2038
Waning Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
2:34 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1423
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 | 317.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 213.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.89° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.75° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.