The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 1985
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
4:19 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 23.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.74° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.10° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.