The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
5:38 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1031
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 326.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.46° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.