The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 1986
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
6:06 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.67° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.