The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
1:25 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2042
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 | 97.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 07m / 16.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.07° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.52° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.