The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 2157
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
10:46 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2902
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.88° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.44° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.