The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 2001
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
8:38 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 969
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.31° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.70° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.