The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 11, 1981
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 357.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.98° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.79° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 196.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.