The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 10, 1959
Waxing Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 453
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.51° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.20° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| 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.