The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 1944
Waning Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
4:04 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.55° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.03° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.