The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 2008
Waxing Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
1:34 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1056
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.64° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.32° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.