The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 2032
Waxing Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
11:36 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1353
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.73° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.83° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.