The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 10, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
1:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 255
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 | 109.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.23° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.92° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.