The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 1990
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
6:22 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 189.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.04° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.35° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.