The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
1:03 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 193
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.48° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.52° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.