The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 19, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
2:20 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 780
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.60° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.84° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.