The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2035
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
12:47 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1390
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 67.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.90° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.94° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.