The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 10, 1928
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
4:39 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 69
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.38° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.93° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.