The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2043
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1485
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 | 254.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -11.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.85° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.99° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| 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.