The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 10, 2021
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
7:40 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1216
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 158.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 11.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.02° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.19° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.