The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 10, 1945
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
10:23 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 280
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 | 30.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 8.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.58° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.52° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.