The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 1944
Waning Crescent
44.0% 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
12:18 AM
3:22 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 21.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.31° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.84° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.