The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2051
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
9:45 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1584
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.28° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.41° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.