The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
6:10 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2215
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 | 151.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.00° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.26° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.