The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 2034
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
2:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1377
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -6.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.10° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.96° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.19° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.