The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2010
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
8:20 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 200.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 322.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.29° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.00° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.