The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 2157
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
11:10 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2899
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 26.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.98° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.65° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.