The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 2146
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
9:31 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2759
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.07° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.12° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.