The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2173
Waning Gibbous
93.5% 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
8:31 PM
9:13 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3093
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 | 209.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.65° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.32° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| 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.