The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 23, 1944
Waxing Crescent
36.4% 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
1:49 PM
11:32 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.22° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.29° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.