The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 2002
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
6:57 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 981
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 173.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 7.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.73° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.38° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.