The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1944
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
10:36 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.18° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.48° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.