The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
6:31 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 334.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / -3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.96° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.34° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.51° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 213.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.