The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
6:07 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 227
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 329.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.69° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.44° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.