The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
5:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 326
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 5.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -9.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.90° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.02° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.