The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
4:29 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2070
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 27.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -2.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.96° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.42° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.