The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1986
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
9:38 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 789
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.22° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.88° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.