The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 10, 1939
Waning Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
4:34 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 205
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.15° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.85° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.14° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.