The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 2182
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
3:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3204
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 210.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.64° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.32° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.