The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 10, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
12:38 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.33° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.13° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.