The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 1938
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
9:00 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 325.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.65° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.67° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.