The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
6:03 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2685
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.98° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.82° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.