The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
3:04 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 798
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.2° / 46.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.86° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.73° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.