The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2054
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
12:40 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1625
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.90° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.14° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.