The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Waning Gibbous
71.3% 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
11:40 PM
10:27 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1250
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 | 244.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -6.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.22° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.22° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.