The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
4:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1232
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.7° / 341.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -25.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.27° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.96° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.