The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 1944
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
8:12 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 264
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.50° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.54° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.