The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
3:40 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 957
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.39° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.27° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.