The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 1981
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
7:48 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 729
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 Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 347.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.51° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.