The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1987
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
12:41 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 801
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 27.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.24° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.97° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| 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.