The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 2011
First Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
1:58 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
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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 | 87.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 11.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.22° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.46° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| 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.