The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 1929
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
11:46 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 82
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 | 71.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.28° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.03° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.21° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.