The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
1:28 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 95.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.00° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.53° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.