The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 1966
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
10:56 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 536
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 | 250.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.56° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.13° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.