The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1913
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -119
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 81.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 27.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.28° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.61° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.