The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 10, 1909
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
9:16 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -169
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -24.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.30° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.45° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.