The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
4:01 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1844
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 | 131.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.79° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.30° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.