The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 9, 1987
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
11:23 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 314.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 28.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.01° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.70° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.