The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 2031
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
11:54 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1340
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 | 255.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.92° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.10° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.