The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% 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
4:26 PM
1:23 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.21° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.16° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| 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.