The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1958
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
1:12 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 437
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -10.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.13° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.75° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.