The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1987
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
1:19 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.01° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.18° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.