The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
4:27 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1708
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 27.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.18° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.57° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.