The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
4:29 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1473
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 | 129.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 27.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.19° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.37° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.