The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 1996
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
6:03 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 910
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 | 320.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.49° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.57° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.