The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
3:01 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1943
Events on this date
-
Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 24.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.97° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.91° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| 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.