The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 1918
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
10:05 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -54
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 | 42.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -4.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.12° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.67° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.