The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2050
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
11:41 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1575
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.50° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.93° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.