The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 1938
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
6:49 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 350.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.53° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.36° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.