The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 2042
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
10:16 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1476
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 | 243.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.16° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.15° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.