The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2168
Last Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
11:48 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3031
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.64° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.78° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.