The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 2143
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
8:06 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2728
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 145.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 12.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.96° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.92° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.