The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1980
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
4:10 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 709
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 | 306.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 216.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -3.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.12° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.66° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.