The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 10, 2100
Waxing Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
10:56 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2197
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.82° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.66° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.