The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
1:32 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 804
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 10.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.51° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.07° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| 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.