The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 7, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
3:04 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 797
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -8.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.37° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.55° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.