The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 1940
First Quarter
52.0% 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
2:27 PM
12:17 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 218
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.99° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.78° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.