The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
2:46 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 623
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 | 104.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.31° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.86° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.