The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 1996
Last Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
1:38 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 907
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.23° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.37° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.