The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 1987
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
8:01 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 801
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 9:54 PM, is deepest at 12:01 AM and ends at 2:08 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 9.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.24° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.32° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.3° |
| 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.