The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 2042
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
12:39 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1476
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.29° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.56° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.