The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1904
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
7:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 342.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.48° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.31° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.