The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
7:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 1.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 27.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.20° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.99° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| 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.