The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1944
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
10:15 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.22° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.96° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| 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.