The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
3:54 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1130
Events on this date
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Saturn 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 | 129.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.31° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.40° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.