The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 1974
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 635
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 | 229.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.91° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.50° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.