The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 2070
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
10:13 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1819
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.86° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.19° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.