The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 10, 1938
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
9:58 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 196
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 317.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.57° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.03° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.