The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 10, 2144
First Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
1:56 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2738
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.59° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.22° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.