The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% 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
3:14 PM
5:01 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 143.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 29.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.12° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.56° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.