The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 10, 1931
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
1:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 103
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.47° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.59° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.