The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 1963
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
7:46 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 499
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 | 201.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.66° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.14° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.