The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
1:04 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.49° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.73° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.