The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
3:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 799
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.0° / 3.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -26.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.47° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.13° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.