The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Full Moon
99.8% 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
8:25 PM
6:33 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1167
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.56° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 344.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.