The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 2070
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
9:03 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1823
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.9° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 16.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.24° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.94° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.