The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
4:00 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1278
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 | 303.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 224.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.41° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.15° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.84° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| 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.