The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
4:17 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.53° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.77° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.