The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 10, 2020
Waning Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1207
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.18° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.64° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.