The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
2:15 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.92° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.07° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.