The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
4:50 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.1° / 313.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.77° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.73° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.