The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2039
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
10:04 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1439
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 | 238.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 253.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -24.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.19° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.49° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.