The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2004
First Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
1:13 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.10° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.23° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.