The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 10, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
3:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 45.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.28° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.79° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.