The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 11, 1987
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
12:48 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 296.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.14° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.02° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.