The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2024
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
12:58 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 57.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 71.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 31m / 27.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.15° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.16° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.