The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 1960
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
8:05 PM
6:10 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 462
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 330.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.08° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.2° |
| 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.