The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 10, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
1:23 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -215
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.35° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.84° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.