The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
6:41 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 156.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 12.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.51° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.76° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.