The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
5:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 15.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.72° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.93° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.