The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
4:29 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 994
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 | 131.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 31.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / 3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.60° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.43° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.