The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 2004
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
10:09 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 312.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.86° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.52° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.