The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2010
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
7:34 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1083
Events on this date
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Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.3° / 171.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.43° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.47° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.