The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 10, 1948
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
11:52 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 317
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 | 75.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.47° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.01° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.40° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.