The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 2036
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
8:12 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1402
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 | 207.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.84° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.69° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.