The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2004
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
12:16 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.42° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.25° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.