The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 1981
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
11:18 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 305.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.09° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.76° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.