The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
3:40 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.52° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.41° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.