The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 2114
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
1:17 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2363
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 228.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.39° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.61° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.