The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
4:32 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 133.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.29° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.64° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.