The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 2103
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
12:11 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2231
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° 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 | 51.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 79.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.93° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.97° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.