The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
3:01 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 54.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.47° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.06° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.