The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 1906
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
7:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 210.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.35° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.44° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.