The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% 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
2:31 PM
3:43 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 109.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.00° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.03° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.