The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
2:06 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -23.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.08° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.31° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.