The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
10:55 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1204
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -22.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.19° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.88° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.