The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.09° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.82° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.