The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
2:59 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1007
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.68° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.14° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.