The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 10, 2105
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
4:50 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2255
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.29° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| 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.