The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
11:28 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 26.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 27.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.02° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.44° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.