The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 2002
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
10:13 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 985
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.55° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.34° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.