The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 7, 1938
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
6:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 196
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.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 3:40 PM, is deepest at 5:26 PM and ends at 7:11 PM. Totality lasts from 4:45 PM to 6:07 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 359.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.71° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.61° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.