The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
1:29 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1336
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 68.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.21° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.51° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.