The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2162
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
6:57 PM
7:37 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2957
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 | 188.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 337.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.96° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.95° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.