The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 2041
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 AM
5:08 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1460
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 175.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.59° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.88° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.