The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
9:40 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 233.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.77° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.98° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.