The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 10, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
4:03 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2169
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 5.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.01° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.02° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.