The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 1983
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
10:16 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 750
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 | 26.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 10.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.00° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.15° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.