The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 10, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
2:28 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 391
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -24.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.87° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.50° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.