The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 10, 1979
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
9:33 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 700
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 | 215.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.12° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.02° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.