The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 1985
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
11:35 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 771
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 | 257.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -23.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.31° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.93° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.