The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
4:15 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3254
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 39m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.14° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.80° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.