The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 19, 1986
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
8:38 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 788
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 313.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.87° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.15° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.