The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 2053
Last Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
12:47 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1612
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.89° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.56° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.