The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 7, 1987
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
9:23 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 333.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 26.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.98° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.41° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.