The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% 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
5:15 PM
4:07 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 425
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 | 137.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 33.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.16° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.63° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.