The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 10, 1993
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
10:19 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 870
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.50° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.31° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.