The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 2059
Waning Crescent
1.7% 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
5:46 AM
7:32 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1686
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 163.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 11.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.14° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.58° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.