The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
1:28 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 725
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.25° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.51° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| 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.