The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
6:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.47° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.4° |
| 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.