The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1987
First Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
11:50 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 102.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.64° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.97° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.