The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 1975
Waning Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
9:45 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 644
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 | 237.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -7.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.36° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.39° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.