The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
4:10 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 795
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 24.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.96° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.20° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.