The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 1986
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
5:25 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 785
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.88° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.13° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.