The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 10, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
4:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 997
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 | 160.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.4° / 341.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.04° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.75° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.