The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 4, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
3:29 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 196
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 45.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.83° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.