The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 1916
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
1:29 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -82
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 71.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.50° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.54° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.