The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 10, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% 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
5:43 PM
2:54 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2271
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.59° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.75° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.