The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 10, 1943
Waxing Crescent
33.9% 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
11:24 AM
1:15 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 252
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 71.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.18° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.07° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.