The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 2044
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
8:15 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 329.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.15° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.73° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.