The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 2089
Waning Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2054
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.27° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.98° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.