The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1904
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
8:45 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 326.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.59° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.44° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.