The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 10, 1978
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 688
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 | 75.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.17° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.38° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.