The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
4:04 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1238
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 | 124.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.43° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.14° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.