The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 1901
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
11:09 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 260.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.18° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.07° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.