The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 10, 2065
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
12:34 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1764
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -25.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.47° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.96° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.