The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
4:25 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 37.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 20.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.52° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.39° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.