The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 2062
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
11:05 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1724
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.29° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.25° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.