The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1969
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
2:58 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 573
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 | 293.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.89° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.21° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.