The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
1:45 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1009
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 74.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.93° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.