The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 2013
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
10:15 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1121
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 | 43.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.53° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.88° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.