The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
1:34 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2747
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.01° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.27° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.