The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 16, 1981
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
12:12 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 295.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.27° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.91° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.