The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 2143
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
7:37 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2722
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 337.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.51° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.15° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.