The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
2:55 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 782
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.03° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.90° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.