The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2136
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
3:59 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2635
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.75° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.36° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.