The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
5:49 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1600
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 | 167.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 338.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -12.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.42° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.46° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.