The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2106
Waning Crescent
11.0% 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
5:01 AM
2:55 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2264
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 210.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.83° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.26° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.