The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
2:24 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.94° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.68° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| 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.