The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2004
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
2:35 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1007
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.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.65° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.35° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| 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.