The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 2018
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
3:26 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1179
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 221.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -7.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.98° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.03° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.