The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 1960
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
10:36 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 465
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 | 227.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 0.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.41° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.