The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
2:48 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.83° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.12° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.