The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 10, 1917
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
2:27 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -67
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 | 280.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.17° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.98° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.