The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
5:30 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 796
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.83° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.