The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
2:55 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.23° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.10° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| 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.