The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Waxing Crescent
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
12:12 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.13° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.39° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.