The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 1987
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
10:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 801
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.43° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.64° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.