The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 2076
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1893
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 | 302.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 227.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.81° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.18° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| 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.