The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2141
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
12:17 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2697
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 235.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -23.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.62° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.77° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.