The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
3:14 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 790
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 1.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.80° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.21° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.