The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 10, 1976
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
7:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 663
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 | 188.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.26° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.