The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2082
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
8:48 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1968
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 | 31.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 129.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.97° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.54° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.