The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 25, 1986
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
11:02 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.80° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.22° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.