The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 10, 2074
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
6:20 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1872
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
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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 | 173.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 326.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.21° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.