The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 31, 2078
Waning Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
9:51 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1918
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 | 221.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.21° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.61° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| 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.