The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 10, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
5:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3013
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 333.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -17.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.59° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.56° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.