The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1975
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:15 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 647
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 | 352.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.6° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.99° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.23° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.