The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2029
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
8:10 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1315
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.1° / 152.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.20° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.98° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.