The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
7:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2821
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 358.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.93° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.43° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.