The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 2055
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
7:46 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1637
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 | 200.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.79° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.29° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.