The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 1961
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
4:21 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 474
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 214.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / -2.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.89° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.86° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.