The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 1933
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
6:23 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 128
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.18° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.15° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.