The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
3:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 48.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.75° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.53° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.