The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 2023
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
12:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1241
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 236.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.52° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.75° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.