The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 10, 1937
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
9:09 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 178
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.17° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.15° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.