The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2068
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
2:47 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1794
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 210.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.05° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.83° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.