The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
5:36 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 196
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 14.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.90° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.54° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.