The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Waning Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
2:30 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1142
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -6.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.76° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.40° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.