The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 1938
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
11:39 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 189
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 92.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.61° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.17° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.