The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 10, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
1:37 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 490
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus 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 | 113.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 74.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.69° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.12° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.