The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
57.2% 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
1:38 PM
2:59 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 98.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.79° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.68° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.