The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1944
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
12:34 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.47° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.30° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.