The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2046
Waxing Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
1:51 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1526
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 | 80.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 66.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.17° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.50° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.