The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2047
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1538
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.05° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.88° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.