The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 24, 1986
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
9:53 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.43° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.03° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.