The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 1972
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
8:15 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 607
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 329.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.81° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.40° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.