The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 1962
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
1:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 487
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 | 80.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 65.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.92° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.28° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.