The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 11, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
3:00 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 723
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.14° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.58° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.