The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 2007
Last Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
1:27 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1043
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.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 236.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.70° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.59° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| 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.