The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 1944
Waning Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
1:37 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.85° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.32° / 3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.47° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.