The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
2:08 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.57° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.94° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| 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.