The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 10, 2182
First Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
2:00 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3208
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 10.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.09° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.81° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.