The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1944
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
6:10 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 188.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 6.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.13° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.85° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.