The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 10, 1987
Full Moon
99.5% 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
9:17 PM
5:02 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 798
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.5° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.97° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.