The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
5:46 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 697
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 348.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.07° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.00° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.