The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 2004
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
10:06 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 114.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.52° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.91° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.