The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2169
Waxing Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
9:14 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3044
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 124.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -8.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.79° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.18° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.