The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
6:18 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 795
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 349.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -1.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.33° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.33° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| 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.