The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 1921
First Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
12:12 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -17
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.33° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.32° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.57° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.