The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 1, 1981
Waxing Crescent
19.9% 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
11:13 AM
8:56 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 126.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.09° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.41° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.