The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 2, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
3:31 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 0.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.93° / -0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.32° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.