The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
4:44 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 22.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / 1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.35° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.96° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.