The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 1987
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
1:41 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 801
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 28.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.66° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.15° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.