The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1981
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
7:48 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 341.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.28° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.34° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.