The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
1:32 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.62° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.52° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.