The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
4:44 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1464
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 24.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.16° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.75° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.83° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.