The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 1951
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
12:28 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 351
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 27.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.77° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.73° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.