The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
4:51 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1031
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 | 149.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 14.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.52° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.80° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.