The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
1:46 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.02° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.46° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.