The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 2000
First Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
2:23 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 957
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.14° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.68° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.