The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 10, 1961
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
8:10 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 477
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.4° / 145.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 16.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.37° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.11° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.