The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
2:44 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.23° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.29° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.