The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 31, 2048
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
7:47 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1547
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 | 188.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 337.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 11.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.86° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.47° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.