The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 1947
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
10:09 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 301
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -25.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.79° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.32° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.