The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 10, 2153
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
12:42 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2852
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 10.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.36° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.60° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.