The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
2:14 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 125.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.29° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.95° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.