The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 10, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
5:17 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 15.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 7.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.79° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.93° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.