The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
5:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 3.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.81° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.78° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.