The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 2138
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
10:00 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2660
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.67° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.71° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.