The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 1986
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
7:28 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 785
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.0° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.50° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.62° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.