The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 10, 1986
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
11:08 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 787
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 | 58.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.65° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.03° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.