The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2033
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
5:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1365
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 | 159.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 354.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.15° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.23° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.