The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 2108
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
8:17 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2292
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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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.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.8° / 143.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.22° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.46° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.4° |
| 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.