The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
4:34 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 904
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 | 136.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 35.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.94° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.34° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.