The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
1:30 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 196
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.06° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.14° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.