The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 1917
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
8:04 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -70
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 | 225.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.24° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.83° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.