The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
2:43 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 800
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 51.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.54° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.13° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.