The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2065
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
12:54 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1757
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.58° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.89° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.