The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 2140
Waning Crescent
43.6% 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
2:33 AM
1:45 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2688
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.97° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.29° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.79° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| 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.