The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 19, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
3:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -78.0° / 9.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.77° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.92° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.