The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 10, 2014
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
6:30 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -11.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.66° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.37° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 320.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.