The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
1:44 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 801
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -22.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.49° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.49° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.