The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 10, 2031
Waning Crescent
43.7% 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
12:22 AM
3:01 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1343
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.24° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.83° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.