The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2016
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
1:27 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 77.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.08° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.34° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.51° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.