The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
3:16 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.71° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.92° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.