The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1987
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
9:13 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 801
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 320.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.01° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.48° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.3° |
| 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.