The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 10, 1997
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 923
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 | 80.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -10.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.20° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.57° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.