The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 10, 2018
Waning Crescent
0.9% 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
5:32 AM
8:16 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.1° / 147.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.37° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.30° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.