The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
2:46 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 725
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.36° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.10° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.