The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 10, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
2:40 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 388
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 | 100.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.81° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.65° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.