The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 2152
Waning Crescent
21.1% 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
3:59 AM
1:27 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2833
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 223.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -23.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.75° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.05° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.