The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
1:53 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.14° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.27° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.