The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 2024
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 33.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 86.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 28.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.67° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.62° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.