The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1924
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
1:21 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 17
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 | 73.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.31° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.67° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.