The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 8, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
3:28 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 797
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 44.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.95° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.36° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.