The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 10, 2020
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1204
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 | 223.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.65° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.50° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.