The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
3:43 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.66° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.12° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.