The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 10, 2108
Waxing Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
10:39 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2296
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 106.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.87° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.32° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.