The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2133
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
1:47 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2598
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 | 310.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 219.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.87° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.42° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.