The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 2004
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
7:50 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 141.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.40° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.29° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.