The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
4:06 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 190
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 34.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.47° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.44° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.