The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 1929
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
10:45 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 79
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.08° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.47° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.