The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
6:59 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1040
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 | 161.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 6.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 25.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.42° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.99° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.