The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 1940
Waxing Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
11:34 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 215
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.97° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.98° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.