The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 2176
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
10:08 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3130
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 | 246.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -11.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.91° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.15° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.