The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 2086
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
8:16 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2017
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 | 201.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 320.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.94° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.03° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.