The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 1987
Waning Gibbous
94.4% 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
6:55 PM
10:03 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 327.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.10° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.39° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.