The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2079
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
4:23 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1930
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 183.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.93° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.30° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.