The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
4:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 292
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 | 153.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.5° / 7.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -24.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.02° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.90° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.