The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 10, 2015
Waning Crescent
15.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
5:40 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 314.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 230.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.08° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.14° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.