The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 2129
Last Quarter
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
12:27 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2552
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.76° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.36° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.