The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2004
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
9:37 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 21.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.17° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.39° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.