The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 10, 1971
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
5:59 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 598
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.4° / 304.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.56° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.56° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 174.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.