The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 10, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
3:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2036
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.52° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.33° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.