The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
2:55 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.40° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.21° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.