The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 10, 2102
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
6:49 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2221
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.0° / 219.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 24.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.70° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.38° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.