The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 1986
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
8:41 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.60° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.83° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.