The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
10:22 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1241
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 | 244.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -26.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.00° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.09° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.34° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.