The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1944
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
11:26 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.60° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.13° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.