The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 10, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
4:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1971
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 7.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -13.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.92° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.84° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.