The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 10, 1925
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
8:13 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 29
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 km.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.07° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.74° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.