The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2130
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2561
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -7.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.59° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.33° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.