The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2122
Waning Crescent
41.3% 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
1:58 AM
11:40 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2462
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 | 280.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.77° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.96° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.