The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 1972
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
5:54 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 610
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 | 324.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 206.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.41° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.31° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.