The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 2057
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
2:28 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1658
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.47° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.57° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.