The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
4:43 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 795
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 35.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.97° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.02° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.