The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 2097
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
5:38 AM
7:34 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2156
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° 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 | 344.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 165.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.48° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.19° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| 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.