The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 10, 2004
Waning Gibbous
58.9% 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
2:20 AM
11:49 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 259.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.11° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.73° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.