The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
10:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 242.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.52° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.11° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.