The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
4:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1130
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 | 153.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 8.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.97° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.02° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.