The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 19, 1986
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
10:31 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 790
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 28.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.09° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.79° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.