The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 10, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
4:28 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1835
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 | 138.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 27.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.96° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.23° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.