The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 2155
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
4:01 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2870
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -26.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.16° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.17° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.