The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
2:30 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1009
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.8° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -26.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.59° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.71° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.