The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 1939
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
12:25 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 202
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.60° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.94° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.