The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 19, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
3:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 783
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 49.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 17.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.93° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.98° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.