The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
8:45 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 129.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 9.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.55° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.03° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.