The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 2121
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
1:50 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2453
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 239.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.74° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.98° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.