The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 2078
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
7:33 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1921
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 164.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 11.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.12° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.39° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.