The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 1, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
2:19 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.98° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.47° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.