The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 10, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
2:36 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 960
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.9° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.66° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.52° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.