The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 1987
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
7:41 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 798
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -21.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.54° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.03° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.