The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1987
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
10:24 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 799
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.79° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| 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.